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9780750707855

Lifelong Learning and the University: A Post-Dearing Agenda

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750707855

  • ISBN10:

    0750707852

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-04-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Sir Ron Dearing was published in July 1997. It represents the first officially sponsored systematic examination of higher education since the Robbins report over 25 years ago. The book is an authoritative evaluation of the cogency, relevance and prospects for success of the Dearing vision and recommendations. Like the members of the Committee, the authors have sought to take a holistic view; to consider the underlying implications of genuine lifelong learning for the university system, and how institutions and the system as a whole will need to adjust to realize its full potential. The outcomes are threefold: a description of what a UK higher education system that is genuinely part of a national learning society might look like, as well as the impetus this provides for radical reform: identification of features of its historical (especially recent) development, as well as wider social forces, which might inhibit or encourage itsperformance in this way; and assessment of the coherence, desirability and practicality of the Dearing proposals in bringing about this end.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
vi(3)
List of Acronyms ix(2)
Foreword xi(2)
Professor Martin Harris
Introduction xiii
Part 1: The Context: From Robbins to Dearing 1(24)
Chapter 1 Changes in UK Higher Education
3(11)
Chapter 2 Changes in Society, the Economy and Politics
14(7)
Chapter 3 Europe and Lifelong Learning
21(4)
Part 2: Participation 25(20)
Chapter 4 Getting into Higher Education
27(6)
Chapter 5 Getting on in Higher Education
33(6)
Chapter 6 Coming Back to Higher Education
39(6)
Part 3: Curriculum 45(36)
Chapter 7 Modules, Semesters and Credits
47(8)
Chapter 8 Learning in the University
55(7)
Chapter 9 Learning Away from the University
62(6)
Chapter 10 The Professional Dimension
68(6)
Chapter 11 Quality and Standards
74(7)
Part 4: Resources 81(48)
Chapter 12 Supporting Students
83(12)
Chapter 13 Supporting Institutions
95(14)
Chapter 14 Supporting Staff
109(6)
Chapter 15 Supporting Communities
115(7)
Chapter 16 Supporting the State
122(7)
Part 5: Impact 129(20)
Chapter 17 Lifelong Learning and the World of Work
131(4)
Chapter 18 Lifelong Learning and the Common Culture
135(7)
Chapter 19 Lifelong Learning and the University Community
142(7)
Part 6: Postscript 149(17)
Chapter 20 The Dearing Vision: A Prognosis
151(5)
Chapter 21 Lifelong Learning and UACE
156(10)
References 166(7)
Index 173

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